This manual was written as a guide to new county directors to help them supervise county department of social services staff in accomplishing agency goals and objectives. We define supervision as the ability to achieve planned results through staff who report directly to you. This may sound simple but it will consume about 80 percent of the time you spend managing the county department of social services. You manage the department through the work...

This report examines the variety of cross-agency collaboration and coordination strategies used by county Colorado Works/TANF programs across the state. Based primarily upon information collected during site visits to 18 Colorado Works county programs,

Counties use family and preventative service programs both to help families exit welfare and to prevent families from entering the TANF program or other systems. Many issues affect a family's ability to become (or remain) self-sufficient. Services provided through these programs are part of the holistic approach counties take towards helping families achieve long-term self-sufficiency and preventing welfare dependency in future generations.

In 2007, the Colorado General Assembly passed legislation that created a system of local early childhood Councils. HB07-1062 specifically called for the creation of a statewide system of Early Childhood Councils that would "increase and sustain the availability, accessibility, capacity and quality of early childhood services throughout the State." Early childhood services refer to early care and education, as well as related services for young children...